Abstract
This chapter discusses whether, and to what extent, temporal regimes of etiquette at the imperial court of medieval Japan were fictionalised or idealised for political purposes. To probe this question, I examine two works known as Kenmu nitchjū gyōji 建武日中行事 (Daily observances of the Kenmu era) and Kenmu nenjū gyōji 建武年中行事 (Annual observances of the Kenmu era), attributed to Emperor Go-Daigo 後醍醐天皇 (1288–1339, r. 1318–1339). They describe the reputed daily and annual routine at the court of Emperor Go-Daigo at the beginning of the fourteenth century.
Müller, Simone